The excitement is no one living today will see that tiny dot in front of the Sun in the next 105. At least not from the vantage point of standing on Earth. I showed about 150 people the sight at Yahoo Center in Santa Monica. --------------------------------------- Jeff Gortatowsky, Redondo Beach, CA | Twitter: JeffGortatowsky | Yahoo: indanapt "(Scientific) Skepticism is not a set of beliefs, it is a set of methods for asking questions about reality." -- Doctor Steven Novella ________________________________ From: Kurt Gugisberg <kurtgug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 4:16 PM Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Venus is in Transit now! Through two welding goggle lenses I could set it well. Such a tiny dot for all the excitement it's causing. Kurt -----Original Message----- >From: Greg Clark >Sent: Jun 5, 2012 3:57 PM >To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Venus is in Transit now! > >We just ducked outside here at work and tried the pinhole camera deal -- >didn't work well for us -- to small and too dim to see anything > > >On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Kevin Martin <k.martin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >If you didn't know and need a reminder. I am watching it now with my scope >(with solar filter of course) ... >>If you can't see it, check the live NASA Link out! - >>http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasatv/ >> >>Check it out or if you have good genes you could in 2117. >> >>Kevin Martin >> >>-- >>ROC-Chat mailing list >>roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>//www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat >> >> > -- ROC-Chat mailing list roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat
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